# Industrial Communications Overview

The industrial communications protocols (also known as Factory Floor Protocols and Industrial Ethernet Protocols) supported by the In-Sight vision system allow you to create an application that can communicate with a compatible Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), across an industrial Ethernet network.

In-Sight vision systems support the following protocols:

- EtherNet/IP (Rockwell PLCs): EtherNet/IP PLC Configuration
- PROFINET (Siemens PLCs): PROFINET PLC Configuration

Note: The two protocols share the same signals, but they are mapped into the protocols differently. See the Industrial Communications Signals, EtherNet/IP I/O Assembly Data Format Assemblies and In-Sight D900 Vision System - PROFINET IO Module Reference Table topics for more information.